SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — After the fog Tuesday morning in Sioux Falls, we are counting down the days with some numbers from a time-tested tale.
Morning fog in southeastern KELOLAND reduced visibilities to less than a mile in some areas. Of course, the thick fog got me thinking of the 90-day fog theory.
If you follow the KELOLAND Live Doppler Storm Center closely, you no doubt have heard of the theory of, “90-days after thick fog, expect snow.” Over the years, we’ve heard from people that swear by this theory and mark it down on calendars. It’s always something fun to watch, so here it goes.
Ninety days out from this morning’s thick fog puts us to November 11, Veteran’s Day.
Which reminds me of 1998, my first year here at KELOLAND television.
I still remember driving to work in the morning and seeing thundersnow. It eventually dropped over 13 inches of snow from November 9-10.
This morning , I looked back at the observation at the Sioux Falls Airport that year for August 13. Wouldn’t you know it, the visibility was reduced to a mile and three-quarters due to fog. Could that have been the sign of the snow to come that year on the 9th and 10th of November? It very well could have been.
As I mentioned before, it’s always something fun to watch. Of course, it doesn’t always hold true, but when it does it seems to lend merit to the theory. We’ll see how close it is this time around.
